GRADES 2-3 GRADES K-1 Just a few of the exciting books available at Mrs. Nelson’s Book Fair! Bats at the Library Brian Lies Join the free-for-all fun at the public library with these book-loving bats as they delight in the sheer bliss of books. They shape shadows on walls, frolic in the water fountain, and roam the book-filled halls until it’s time to settle into the enchantment of story time. .................. $6.99 My Name is Yoon Helen Recorvits Yoon’s name means Shining Wisdom, and when she writes it in Korean it looks like dancing figures. But when she writes it in English, all the lines and circles stand alone – which is just how Yoon feels in the United States. Not sure that she wants to be Yoon anymore, she tries out different names – maybe Cat or Bird or even Cupcake! ............................................ $6.99 E-Mergency Tom Lichtenheld It’s an e-mergency! The letter E took a tumble and the only way to get her back on her foot is for people to stop using her. But who can take her place? Z is too sleepy. Y asks too many questions. Thankfully, O rolls in to save the day. Now E can “rost up and got bottor”. Chock-full of verbal and visual puns, this zany book tickles both the brain and the funny bone. ............................... $7.99 Hope for Winter: The True Story of a Re- markable Dolphin Friendship Craig Hatkoff and David Yates Five years after Winter the tailless dolphin was rescued, something amazing happened. Just feet from where she was found appeared another injured dolphin. Rescued by the Clearwater Marine team, the little dolphin (named Hope) grew strong and healthy, and found a new home with Winter. Young readers will be captivated by this friendship story of courage and triumph........................................................ $6.99 Super Silly School Poems David Greenberg This school-themed collection of wacky, wonderful poems is bound to tickle the funny bone of any kid who’s ever endured a slithering class pet, a gross cafeteria lunch, a teacher with eyes in the back of her head......................$6.99 Chu’s Day Neil Gaiman Chu is a little panda with a big sneeze. And when Chu sneezes, bad things happen. His mother takes him to the library where it’s awfully dusty. His father takes him to the diner where there’s pepper in the air. What will happen if he starts to feel a familiar tickle in his nose? Chu’s humor- ous dilemma illustrates how the smallest actions can be quite powerful. ............ $6.99 I Love My Papa Pirate Laura Leuck Only a sturdy vessel can carry this crew of burly pirates, the captain, and his scrappy little son. From the crow’s nest to the hold, from the high seas to the island of buried treasure, this boy hangs out with the most rough-and-tumble of rogues. And at the end of each day, he gets tucked in by the fiercest pirate of them all: his loving and tender dad. ............... $7.99 1648 W. Orange Grove Ave., Pomona CA 91768 • 909-865-8550 • www.mrsnelsons.com Magic Treehouse #48: A Pre- fect Time for Pandas Mary Pope Osborne In search of food to save Merlin’s beloved penguin Penny, the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to the moun- tains of southeast China, close to a world-famous panda reserve. But when a massive earthquake strikes, will they be able to rescue the pandas? And will they make it back to the tree house to fulfill their quest to save Penny? ............. $4.99 Ivy & Bean Take the Case Sophie Blackall Watch out, you diabolical mas- terminds! There’s a new detective on Pancake Court: Bean! She laughs at danger! She scoffs at peril! She solves even the most mysterious mysteries! What? There aren’t any mysteries? Find out how this pint-sized Sherlock Holmes and her assistant, Ivy, make some! ...... $5.99 Drop it, Rocket Tad Hills Rocket, the beloved dog from How Rock- et Learned to Read and Rocket Writes a Story, is back, ready to find new items for his word tree. He finds a leaf, a hat, a star…but when he finds a red boot, he doesn’t want to let it go. What will make Rocket drop it?...................$3.99 FALL 2014 Elementary PAPER BACKS ELEMENTARY FALL
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Just a few of the exciting books available at Mrs. Nelson’s Book Fair!
Bats at the LibraryBrian LiesJoin the free-for-all fun at the public library with these
book-loving bats as they delight in the sheer bliss of books. They shape shadows on walls, frolic in the water fountain, and roam the book-filled halls until it’s time to settle into the enchantment of story time. ..................$6.99
My Name is YoonHelen RecorvitsYoon’s name means Shining Wisdom, and when she writes it in Korean it looks like dancing figures. But when she writes it in English, all the lines and circles stand alone – which is just how Yoon feels in the United States. Not sure that she wants to be Yoon anymore, she tries out different names – maybe Cat or Bird or even Cupcake! ............................................ $6.99
E-MergencyTom LichtenheldIt’s an e-mergency! The letter E took a tumble and the only way to get her back on her foot is for people to stop using her. But who can take her place? Z is too sleepy. Y asks too many questions. Thankfully, O rolls in to save the day. Now E can “rost up and got bottor”. Chock-full of verbal and visual puns, this zany book tickles both the brain and the funny bone. ...............................$7.99
Hope for Winter: The True Story of a Re-markable Dolphin FriendshipCraig Hatkoff and David YatesFive years after Winter the tailless dolphin was rescued, something amazing happened. Just feet from where she was found appeared another injured dolphin. Rescued by the Clearwater Marine team, the little dolphin (named Hope) grew strong and healthy, and found a new home with Winter. Young readers will be captivated by this friendship story of courage and triumph........................................................ $6.99
Super Silly School PoemsDavid GreenbergThis school-themed collection of wacky, wonderful poems is bound to tickle the funny bone of any kid who’s ever endured a slithering class pet, a gross cafeteria lunch, a teacher with eyes in the back of her head......................$6.99
Chu’s DayNeil GaimanChu is a little panda with a big sneeze. And when Chu sneezes, bad things happen. His mother takes him to the library where it’s awfully dusty. His father takes him to the diner where there’s pepper in the air. What will happen if he starts to feel a familiar tickle in his nose? Chu’s humor-ous dilemma illustrates how the smallest
actions can be quite powerful. ............$6.99
I Love My Papa PirateLaura LeuckOnly a sturdy vessel can carry this crew of burly pirates, the captain, and his scrappy little son. From the crow’s nest to the hold, from the high seas to the island of buried treasure, this boy hangs out with the most rough-and-tumble of rogues. And at the end of each day, he gets tucked in by the fiercest pirate of them all: his loving and tender dad. ............... $7.99
1648 W. Orange Grove Ave., Pomona CA 91768 • 909-865-8550 • www.mrsnelsons.com
Magic Treehouse #48: A Pre-fect Time for Pandas Mary Pope OsborneIn search of food to save Merlin’s beloved penguin Penny, the magic
tree house whisks Jack and Annie to the moun-tains of southeast China, close to a world-famous panda reserve. But when a massive earthquake strikes, will they be able to rescue the pandas? And will they make it back to the tree house to fulfill their quest to save Penny? .............$4.99
Ivy & Bean Take the CaseSophie BlackallWatch out, you diabolical mas-terminds! There’s a new detective on Pancake Court: Bean! She laughs at danger! She scoffs at peril! She solves even the most mysterious mysteries! What? There aren’t any mysteries? Find out how this pint-sized Sherlock Holmes and her assistant, Ivy, make some! ...... $5.99
Drop it, RocketTad HillsRocket, the beloved dog from How Rock-et Learned to Read and Rocket Writes a Story, is back, ready to find new items for his word tree. He finds a leaf, a hat, a star…but when he finds a red boot, he doesn’t want to let it go. What will make Rocket drop it?...................$3.99
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Counting by 7’sHolly Goldberg SloanQuirky and awkward genius Willow Chance doesn’t easily relate to anyone but her loving parents. But now they’ve died in a car crash, leaving Willow to manage alone. Pushing through her grief, she brings together a diverse surrogate family: guidance coun-selor, Dell; nail salon owner Pattie and her two teens Mai and Quong-Ha; and taxi driver, Jairo. Together, this unlikely group gives Willow the one thing she needs most—a place to be herself. .............$8.99
Pay it Forward Young Readers EditionCatherine Ryan HydeTwelve-year-old Trevor accepts his teacher’s “extra credit” challenge to devise a plan that will change the world. His idea is simple: do a good deed for three people, then ask them to return the favor by “paying it forward” to three others who need help. He envisions a vast movement of kindness and goodwill spreading across the world. Little does he know that by planting seeds of benevolence, Trevor’s actions change his community forever.....................................$6.99
Fantastic Family WhippleMatthew WardThe Whipple family is renowned for having broken more world records than any other family on Earth. The only blight on the fam-ily name? Eleven-year-old Arthur. Unlike his twelve brothers and sisters, Arthur hasn’t broken a single world record. But when the Whipples face the toughest competition of their lives – the world-re-cord-breaking Goldwin family - Arthur may be the only one who can save his family from defeat........................................... $8.99
SistersRaina TelgemeierRaina can’t wait to be a big sister. Then Amara is born: cranky, grouchy and a loner. Over the years, their relationship hardly improves. But then a baby brother enters the picture and something doesn’t seem right between their parents. In this com-panion to SMILE, Raina and Amara realize they must resolve to get along. They are sisters, after all. ......................................................................................$10.99
Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot vs. the Mecha-Monkeys from MarsDav PilkeyRicky Ricotta and his Mighty Robot are in big trouble. Mean Major Monkey plans to take over Earth, but first he must get rid of that robot. Major Monkey tricks the robot into going to Mars and Ricky must rescue his robot and keep the malicious Major and his Mecha-Monkeys from en-slaving mousekind. This edition features brand-new full-color illustrations by Dan Santat. ...........$5.99
No Dogs AllowedStephanie Calmenson and Joanna ColeKate and Lucie are best friends who love, Love, LOVE dogs! So when the girls discover sparkly, pink pooch collars at the thrift store, they try them on. POP! WHOOSH! The girls are sud-denly changed into canines themselves. Now Kate and Lucie don’t need pet dogs to have furry adventures of their own! ............. $5.99
Ghost HawkSusan CooperWith just a bow and arrows, a tomahawk and a knife, Little Hawk enters the snowy woods alone to survive three moons and prove he is now a man. Young John Wake-ly has experienced the goodwill of the nearby tribes, yet his fellow colonists aren’t as accepting of the native people. Soon the relation-
ship between settlers and natives quickly deterio-rates, and John’s friendship with Little Hawk puts both boys in grave danger. ................. $7.99
The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates #1: Magic Marks the SpotCaroline Carlson & Dave PhillipsHilary Westfield wants to be a pirate, but her admiral father has put his foot down. Instead, she’s sent to Miss Pimm’s Finishing School for Delicate Ladies to learn to faint, waltz and curtsey. To escape a life of petticoats, Hilary and her friend the gargoyle set out on an adven-ture that involves a pirate ship, a buried treasure and a treacherous villain....................................................$6.99
After IrisNatasha FarrantIt’s been three years since Blue Gadsby’s twin sis-ter, Iris, died. Her once close-knit family now deals with the sadness in their own eccentric ways. Enter Zoran (the Bosnian male au pair) and Joss (the troublemaker next door), and life for the Gadsby’s suddenly becomes more chaotic. Blue’s poignant tale will leave readers laughing, crying and giving thanks for the gift of family. ..................................... $7.99
QB 1Mike LupicaFreshman high school quarterback Jake Cullen knows that to be a Cullen in Texas is to be football royalty: his older brother Wyatt led his team to the state championship; his father Troy is a former NFL quarterback and local legend. This leaves Jake in a Texas-sized shadow. Being a good team-mate comes naturally to Jake; being a winner and celebrity does not. How can he reconcile the two? .........................................................$7.99
